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Category: Korea

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Kim 'Dong' Jong-il

A pictorial example of North Korea's current weapons arsenal (not to scale)

Korean School Children's Opinions of Japan

Wow, this link really needs to be seen to be believed. I knew Japan was unpopular throughout much of Asia (check out this post to get a better idea how much) but when Korean school children use their school project to aim venom at their closest neighbour,…

Asian Opinion Polls On Japan

Coming Anarchy has posted a selection of interesting screenshots taken from Japanese TV. The shots show opinions on Japan as cast by representatives from all of Japan's major Asian Neighbours. Bear in mind that this is Japanese TV we're talking about here,…

The Safest Place to be?

"This week, a top insurance company charted the world's most dangerous places to do business. Unsurprisingly, regions like Iraq, India and Russia were shaded brown on the "risk map", marking them as at severe risk from terrorism. But while most countries were…

Japan pondered pre-emptive attack on North Korea in 1994

"TOKYO: Officially pacifist Japan in 1994 studied the possibility of a pre-emptive attack on North Korea amid fears of a missile launch, even though it lacked the military capability, an official and a report said Friday. The Sankei Shimbun said the Defense…

Japan and China Crisis Talks (and the importance of Hairstyles)

"The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers are holding crisis talks in Beijing over a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is seeking an apology for the protests, but China has said the real issue is…